Author Katy E. Ellis from Vashon Island, Washington, who does administrative work for her local public health department, started writing when she was 8 years old and received a Hello Kitty diary for her birthday. She began writing poetry in high school, studied creative writing at university, and has never stopped writing. In 2012, dancing […]
To Ponder
Letter: Tacoma City Council Report Card
Submitted by Morgan Alexander. It’s a difficult time to be focused on local government considering all the chaos in the other Washington right now. However, we can’t lose attention of what is going on in our own back yard with our city council. In theory, local government is where the rubber hits the street. In […]
Letter: Financially Tough Times?
Submitted by KM Hills. You may have heard, Washington State is financially $12-14 BILLION in debt. Some have expressed that this figure is nothing, given the State budget is $116 billion. I don’t know about the budget for your household but a 10 to 12% deficit in my budget would be significant. I don’t have […]
Letter: The State of Spanaway Marsh Now
Submitted by Claudia Finseth. It’s March 25, 2025. Those of us fighting against the destruction of the Spanaway Marsh have been at it for over two years now and spent $140,000 dollars. So let’s take stock. In December of 2024 the Tacoma Rescue Mission brought in massive equipment, and on the high point in the […]
Letter: About Growing Up
When I grew up, I always wanted to do something great, be somebody special. Now that I am grown up, maybe that’s why I play with the Jurassic World Dominion Epic Attack dinosaurs, complete with chomp and roar actions, its jaws closing on Bluey Friends Coco The Pink Poodle, which canine stuffed animal I rescue […]
Letter: Love, When It Rains
It’s raining again. No surprise. This is ‘Wash’-ington after all. April showers bring May flowers. But this is March. Think of all the flowers we’ll have! There is so much beauty when it rains. Raindrops lay like pearls on soft petals. Blossoms carry their wet burden with an aplomb. Pollinating bumblebees can sometimes be seen, […]
Looked Down On and Frowned On
Zak, had always felt himself being picked on. He looked different, but was kind to others, no matter really how they acted toward him. He was friendly to others all he could and helped anyone that looked like they were in need. No matter what, however he felt alone and lost. He did okay in […]
Letter: Place vs. Pace
A world of difference is the single letter that finds a home in the word ‘place’ (does it not stand for ‘love’?) but that is missing from the word ‘pace.’ Our pace was admittedly slow as we drove about the countryside, too slow apparently for some whose familiarity with the turns and twists in the […]
Letter: A pet cemetery
Submitted by Greg Alderete. The curious who dare to seek it must first endure the climb—Engineer Bluff, its presence looming over Fort Lewis like a silent sentinel. The ascent alone is enough to unsettle the mind, a steep and unrelenting road veiled in mist, the ever-present scent of pine thick in the air. But it […]